Jump Start Your Tesla with Dead Battery How To

You can easily jump your Tesla, but you have to be careful.

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[Lham]

Listen man I was stranded with my family on a trip using a rental Tesla didn’t receive much help from the rental company except them wanting to charge me money to assist me I got a hotel room and went to YouTube and found your video I really appreciate you I followed your directions to the t and I got myself out of that jam thanks a lot

[mad_incognito]

You just saved my bacon and $250 because I was supposed to tow my Tesla to the dealership. A 9V battery and my space battery for my old Corvette just made it work again. Strangely enough after the Tesla came back to life I got a message that my battery is going to die soon.

[Galileo.]

One of the best things I have done to my 2021 model 3 is replacing the 12V battery at around 60k miles. The battery was about $80 from the service center and my 15 minutes of labor. Even during the recent polar vortex weather, park-n-fly for 5 days at -15F degree, the car was just fine. I will do another swap at around 100k.

[teslatrackdays]

Super helpful! Many years ago I was driving an original Model S and came back at the end of a ski day to find the 12v was dead. 10 degrees, getting dark, on the side of a mountain far from town and everyone was going home. Fortunately Tesla was able to arrange a recovery, but a simple jump would have been much easier.

These days when road tripping I always carry a 12v battery (usually a deep cycle marine) to run air pumps and power an inverter, so it's great to know it can serve as a jump battery as well.

[nikkipyer]

great video, thank you for the safety tips

[investgod]

Thanks you saved me it would be better if you keep portable jump box

[cliffyh]

Think they stopped using old school batteries on ice vehicles about 15 years ago then start using gel, but i do miss the lead acid batteries as they last years keep it topped up for so long then drain the thing, pour some acid in it and more life in the battery, , you can't beat really old stuff when it was made to last, modern stuff don't last, modern cars any type, washing machine, tv ect ect. Its a real shame

[jaymewolfenbarger]

What if it doesnt have that little hole? 2014 model s

[wdizfeg]

excellent suggestion to tape a spare battery to the cable, wow these cars are different.

[jspekeg]

How about the new 2022+ Teslas with the 15.7v batteries?

[AdamSmith-fejf]

Great and helpful video, thanks! Not sure if you’d know the answer to this, but can a portable jump starter battery pack jump the Tesla 12v? You mentioned a running ICE car would offer a bit excessive voltage than needed for the Tesla, so not sure if it even works if it would be as safe as jumping from another vehicle. Would you have any ideas or thoughts on this?

[CyrusKhan-wvfx]

Can I use a battery conditioner to recharge the 12V battery and get more life out of it?

[doinitlive]

So always keep a 12V battery and a 10mm wrench in the frunk just in case?

[e.s.]

Here's a nightmare scenario. Speaking to a friend, he's stranded on the side of the m40. Big battery flat, 12v not flat. Car screen dead.
AA recovery tried the tow hook trick but because the 12v isn't completely drained it won't pop the frunk.
They have to wait for a whole ass lorry to come and lift the car up😮

[raulcmiranda]

Awesome video. NOT long to keep people like me interested.

If the main car battery is dead and have access to frunk, is it possible to put the car on neutral, so the driver can push the car manually?

[litestuffllc]

Your instructions are that the high voltage batteries would charge your weak or dead 12 volt - if they could; they would have. The 12 v is either dead as in not going to work or the high voltage battery is dead first - and hence your 12 was not charged and you make it revive senerio won't work; you have to then charge your main battery pack to do anything. You also suggested the 15v lithium pack this doesn't apply to ..why not they fail all the time?

[wegmandan]

Just saw a video like you described and the red Tesla was stuck on the rollback tow truck. And second the charging cable is locked into the tesla. So the car was stuck on the rollback and the tow truck driver can't get the car off. I can't get the car off the road back and the tow truck driver can't leave.

[johnhurrell]

tried the jumper cables connected to running engine of ICE vehicle and it still wouldn't open. Do you think if the Tesla has a 16v battery will it still work off a 12v jump start?

[enzomoya]

Just watched a reel where the Tesla driver drove and ended up stranded. Got towed to charging station but it was dead and the little door wouldn't open. Would this "jump start" help in that situation? I'm not a Tesla owner but it could be a useful tidbit of info.

[trisailor]

How were you able to unlock the car if the 12v battery was dead?